Mahe Tupouniua Explained

Mahe 'Uli'uli Tupouniua
Office2:Minister of Finance
Term Start2:1961
Term End2:1982
Primeminister2:Tupoutoʻa Tungī
Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake
Predecessor2:George Goodacre
Successor2:James Cecil Cocker
Birth Date:20 July 1927
Death Date:19 October 2007
Alma Mater:Auckland University
Father:ʻAlipate Tupouniua

Mahe 'Uli'uli Tupouniua was a Tongan politician and former cabinet minister.

Tupouniua was born on 20 July 1927. He had a economics and anthropology degrees from Auckland University.[1]

Tupouniua was Tonga's Minister of Finance from 1961 to 1982,[2] when he was fired by King of Tonga.[3] He was also Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga from 1965 to 1972.

Tupouniua was director of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat from November 1972 to 1980 and from January 1983 to January 1986.[4]

He died on 19 October 2007.[5] His son is the Tongan ambassador to United States.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vol. 53, No. 6 (Jun. 1, 1982) . Trove . en.
  2. Web site: Former Ministers Ministry of Finance and National Planning . web.archive.org . 31 August 2015.
  3. Web site: Cass . Kalino Latu and Philip . Do his father’s actions show how PM Hu‘akavameiliku will react to King’s moves? . Kaniva Tonga News . en-NZ . 20 February 2024.
  4. Web site: Tongan contender for top Forum job targets new Pacific order . RNZ . en-nz . 7 September 2020.
  5. Web site: RULING IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TONGA .
  6. Web site: AllGov - Officials . www.allgov.com.